West Virginia Democrat. [volume] (Charles Town, W. Va.) 1885-1890, 1887-07-22
1 bRTTGIST'S MISTnKE.
A Sick Mans Vile Disregards the Druggists
Advice and So Saves The Life Of
Her Husband. "


ont of my line to write letters; but my
wife thought II was no more than right
that | shoull lei YOU know what your
remedy has done for me. and think
50 too.
l live in East 157th street. west of
Third avenue. and have lived there for
about twenty-three years, where own
real estate. Up to the time am about
10 mention ! had been a strong, well
man. There was always more or less
malaria in the neighborhood. but l had
not personally suffered fromit. twas
in 1880 had my first attack. 1t canc
on as such attacks commonly do. with
headaches. loss of appetite and ambi-
ton. chilly sensations with slight fever
afterwards. disposition to yawn and
stretch. and SO forth. l was employed
at that time at KillianS IL Brothers,
furniture manufacturers, in West SD
street. hoped the attack would wear
of. but rs il didn't / consulted we'll
known and able physician in Morris
ania, who gave me q-.inine and told me
what to do. can sum up the first four
and half on five years of my expert
cnce in few words. Occasionally
WAS laid up for a day or two, but On
t,.c whole / stuck o. my work. KEEP,
taking quiRine. in larger doses from
Year 10 year. ana kept on getting weak
ar and worse. slowly but surely, al ths
time. My trouble was now well dc
hncd and its symptoms were steady AMI
REGULAR. l bad dumb ague in its worst
form. and il was grinding me down IN
spite of all that | could do or the doe
tors could do. II held me in grip Ike
IRE in burning coal mine. The poison
had gone al through and over me and
nothing was able TO touch il. / WAS
fast losing flesh and strength, and about
March, 1881, / Knocked of work entire
" and went home to be down sick. and
TO die for all | could tell. Iran down 81
rapidly that | soon became unable to
walk any distance. Later l went from
room to room in my own house only by
friends holdingme up by each arm. The
doses of Q9inine were increased until
often took thjrtll grains Gt q dose. The
effects of this tremendous stimulation
WAS TO make me nearly wild. 1t broke
my sleep all up. and l often walked the
floor, or staggered about it, all night
long. scarcely able TO bear any noises
or even human speech. My temper
was extremely irritable. As TO food,
one of nv little children would eat
more i'm a meal than [ could in a day.
! would order food and then turn from
il in disgust. | lived ON quinine and
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bear in winter. The quinine set my
head in a whirl. and the GqUor-given
aS u medicine made my stomach so
sick ! could not tolerate it.
From l75 pounds any proper weight
raa down 10 ~ poIudS-the weight
of LIGHT @irl-and was scarcely better
than a skeleton.
T'aHgbojg hat taken a hGtckCt and
Knocked ne dD,re aHd killed me / should
hare been bette, NJ
During the latter part of this period,
early in lSS6, my physician said:
MILLER, there's no Use in my taking
any more money Of Won. can't DO YOU
. amy good. might pour pounds of quiz
ninc down your throat and it wouldn't
help You.
On the strength of this l gave up the
Use of guiuiue altogether, and made up
my mind 20 do nothing more and take
my chances.
Three weeks afterwards about the
last Of May-my wife saw an advertise
mcnt If kaSkmc i'm 90 New York paper
She told me OF it. / said: stuff and
nonsense, it can't do me any good. "
But she went % "a drug.ri>t's. neverthe-
less. 10 get il. The druggist advised
her against KaSkine: he said it was
nothing but sugar; that she ought not
to throw away her money on it. De-.
He said he didn't keep it, but could gct
il if she insisted ON having it. Turn
inc away I'm disgust my wife spoke %
our neiehbor, Mr.. \. g. Hegewald,
who got her bottle at a drug store in
Sixth avenue.
Almost against my viii, and without
the leaS, Faith. / began taking il. III
one wcck WAS better. 1 began to
sleep. | stopped seem" ghosts l
BEGAN 20 have an appetite anj to gain
strength. This was now tbo first of
June. 1886 and by ttr cni of that
moath WAS back 81 my b.nrh ut G.. p.
Smith'> >crol. saving factory in ll6th
street. where I work now.
Since then | have never lost day.
from sickness. Taking kaSkine only,
about forty pellets in four quail doses
a day, | continued 90 gain. The ma
laria appeared to bc killed i'm my Sys-.
tenn, and now I've got back my old
weight-l75 poUndS-and my old
strength Co labor. am an aStoniSh-
mont To myself and to my friends. and
If Klskinc did not do this | don't know
wuat did. The only greater thing it
could do would hr to bring dead man
to life. FREDEICK a. MILLER.
$50 Ea,; lj1ia Street New York.
p S-For the absolute truth of the
above statement refer 10 thg following
gru,lemen, who are personally ac-
V.J;utcd with the facts: Nv Alex
ANGER Weir. G26 lJGth st; Mr.. George
:, gmau. ljSth street sud Coutlandt
avenue; MIR. 4. M0ehuS, 10Th street
aud Courtlaudt avenue; Mr.. p. +.
Naupel, lJ4th street and Courtlandt
avenue; Mr. john Lnuy, $50 East
15Sth street; lir. john Rcnshaw, 124
10th street, and many others. will
al>o reply 90 letters of inquiry.
We submit that the above aStOniSh-
IN cure. voUchrd for as il is by repu-
taalc mcu. is deserving Of Il thorough
anj candid investigation by thinking
people. And we further submit that
WhrI druggists turn away customers
by l,l>iNiug the character of a remedy
because th,F do not happen to have it
ON hand. they DO a great wrong. If
this afflicted man had not diSregarded
the druggists advice and sent else
where Tor thc remedy he would without
douh; have been in his grave.
Other letters of similar character
from prominent individuals. which
stamp KaSAiuc rs remedy of I'M
,iubted merit. will be sent on applica-